This statistic shows the percentage of employees that were members of a trade union (trade union density) in Germany from 2000 to 2013. Over this 14 year period, the percentage fell by a total of 6.44 percentage points.
Trade union density: Percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Germany from 2000 to 2013
Characteristic
Percentage of employees
2013
18.13%
2012
18.3%
2011
18.49%
2010
18.56%
2009
18.93%
2008
19.13%
2007
19.89%
2006
20.72%
2005
21.68%
2004
22.17%
2003
23.02%
2002
23.51%
2001
23.75%
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OECD. (March 24, 2017). Trade union density: Percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Germany from 2000 to 2013 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/416156/trade-union-density-germany-y-on-y/
OECD. "Trade union density: Percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Germany from 2000 to 2013." Chart. March 24, 2017. Statista. Accessed March 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/416156/trade-union-density-germany-y-on-y/
OECD. (2017). Trade union density: Percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Germany from 2000 to 2013. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/416156/trade-union-density-germany-y-on-y/
OECD. "Trade Union Density: Percentage of Employees That Were Members of a Trade Union in Germany from 2000 to 2013." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/416156/trade-union-density-germany-y-on-y/
OECD, Trade union density: Percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Germany from 2000 to 2013 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/416156/trade-union-density-germany-y-on-y/ (last visited March 13, 2025)
Trade union density: Percentage of employees that were members of a trade union in Germany from 2000 to 2013 [Graph], OECD, March 24, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/416156/trade-union-density-germany-y-on-y/
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